The Florida Department Of Juvenile Justice

Drugs are not the only thing that can send a juvenile to court, alcohol charges can as well. Another important aspect is to ensure that these teens stay clean. If they don't they can end up with detention sentences, home incarceration, or possibly moved into the adult court system. Using one example of how drug courts work is from King County, Washington. Superior Court Judge Laura Inveen is over the juvenile drug court in King County. "Twenty-five teenagers appear before her every Thursday in the 4-month-old drug court. All of the youths referred to the court have been either charged with a drug or alcohol offense, or they are accused of committing property crimes while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Juveniles charged with violent or sex-related offenses are excluded. Participating teenagers must attend weekly court hearings, complete court-ordered treatment, attend school, participate in individual, group and family counseling, and undergo

The Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) appointed a new commissioner at the beginning of 1983, at this time the department was facing many organizational issues. The state legislature had previously passed legislation affecting the environment in which the organization operated affecting the population it was originally intending to serve. Internally the DJJ faced many challenges involving organizational goals, routines, engaged staff, and new leadership. It is recommended that the organization take actions to adjust to the environment and align its goals with the new legislature. The newly appointed commissioner should adjust her management towards a task-orientated leadership until the critical director and staff positions are fulfilled. Once the department directors are in place, directives can be established to develop department routines. Hired management can then enforce standard operation procedures as needed to optimize the performance of the organization.

Juvenile institutions and programs have changed over time. There are also juvenile programs that necessarily do not punish juvenile’s delinquents but instead help modify their behavior to avoid recidivism. Certain treatments and methods regarding how to deal with these dangerous young offenders were fixed and improved to make these institutions and programs more effective in changing the lives of these young

Today the public became more concern about youth crime rising within the community. The public also believes that some of juvenile delinquents do not belong behind bars whereas others do. In the concern of the juveniles who do not belong behind bars the public started creating community outreach programs, intervention, and prevention programs. These programs create an environment for the youth to understand the consequences of their actions, responsibility, and help. This paper will be examining two juvenile diversions, interventions, and prevention

The Department of Juvenile Services changed from the Department of Juvenile Justice to make it sound less punitive. The Department of Juvenile service (DJS) Violence Prevention Initiative (VPI) integrates intensive supervision and treatment services to prevent juvenile homicides, non-fatal shootings and victimization. (VPI standards procedure page 2). Their vision is to promote successful youth, groom strong leaders and provide a safe community.

In Florida and across the country, the Juvenile Mentor Program or JUMP is being utilized to help combat and reduce the number of juveniles that fall victim to a life of crime. This program first received funding in 1994 from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The program was set up to reduce juvenile delinquency and gang participation by at-risk youth, reduce the dropout rate of these children and to improve academic performance. The program achieves these goals, by the following objectives:

There are currently two programs specifically in Henderson County which I am writing this paper about. One of the programs is the local Boys and Girls Club of Henderson County and the D.A.R.E. Program of Henderson County. I decided to write about local programs because it would give me the opportunity to learn more about juvenile delinquency prevention programs within my own community. Both programs are a huge staple within Henderson County and are two of the most important juvenile delinquency prevention programs within Henderson County.

Introduction: Recidivism or, habitual relapses into crime, has time and time again proven to be an issue among delinquents, which thereby increases the overall juvenile prison population. This issue has become more prevalent than what we realize. Unless a unit for measuring a juvenile’s risk of recidivism is enacted and used to determine a system to promote effective prevention, than the juvenile prison population will continue to increase. Our court system should not only focus on punishing the said juvenile but also enforce a program or policy that will allow for prevention of recidivism. So the question remains, how can recidivism in the juvenile prison population be prevented so that it is no longer the central cause for increased

The issue of juvenile delinquency being addressed in a separate court system is a fairly new procedure. The first juvenile court system was established in Chicago, IL in 1899. Before that children who committed offenses were tried and punished as adults. If a person is under the age of 18 and they break the law they will be tried in a juvenile court unless it is an offense of a very serious caliber. No matter what the offense the juvenile criminal court was created to ensure all juveniles are taught a lesson for their actions. Two separate court systems means different procedures and wording is used. The juvenile court and and the adult court are both places where judges make decisions on the approach to take when a person has broken the law.

Although based on the adult criminal justice system, the juvenile justice process works differently. Juveniles can end up in court by way of arrest, truancy or for curfew violations or running away. A youth may also be referred to the juvenile court system by school officials or a parent or guardian for being continuously disobedient. The juvenile justice process involves several different steps including intake, detention, adjudication, disposition and aftercare following release from a juvenile correctional facility. In this paper we will breakdown the numerous steps involved in the juvenile justice process as well as compared some

Previous research has shown juveniles recidivism continues to increase, even though adult sanctions are applied. Its led to believe that community rehabilitation programs are not as sufficient for the juvenile delinquency. I purpose a study in which information of 200 juvenile transfers will be gathered, to analyze their background. The purpose of the study is to develop a programs and policies to reduce recidivism.

Every year in the US, 2.2 million juveniles are arrested and 110,000 are kept in juvenile correction facilities (Unruh, Povenmire-Kirk, & Yamamoto, 2009). Of those adolescents who end up incarcerated, there is a 55% recidivism rate within a year of them being discharged. Criminal activity in late adolescence is prognostic of criminal activity in later adulthood and those convicted of a crime during adolescence have a tough path to adulthood. Many juvenile correction facilities have systems set up in preparation for a successful entry back into society and to promote a future that is free of crime. It is important that these juveniles get an education while they are behind bars which is not an aspect of adult detention centers. This paper will

Chapter 11 focuses on preventing delinquency for children who are at risk. Having antisocial behavior can lead to delinquent acts. This chapters gives an overview on how programs are designed to prevent delinquency. The YMCA and the Boys and Girls Club are great examples of delinquency prevention programs. In fact, the public health approach was one of the first efforts to classify the many different types of delinquency prevention activities. The activities for prevention are called primary, secondary, and tertiary. Primary focuses on helping troubled youths get access to health care services and general prevention education. Secondary interviews children who are more likely to be at risk for becoming offenders. Tertiary prevention interview

To increase public safety is to prevent crimes from being committed; these programs reduce the changes of offenders committing or re-committing crimes. The author recommends the Legislature to counties state juvenile offender to improve the state county relationship. To establish an ongoing funding to reimburse local governments for long overdue mandate claims. Regardless the funding provided for courts, establish a priorities on how to increases funding to increase court services. In addition, recommending the courts to report on expected use of funds prior to allocation and end of the fiscal year. The governor’s realignment continue to warn changes and will have dire public safety consequences, law enforcement officers worry about the realignment funds, if it will consistent or be adequate to meet added

This assignment will illustrate that by understanding the fundamentals of combatting juvenile delinquency and applying the theories to command practice will enhance the overall knowledge of the material. This document will demonstrate the juvenile delinquency reduction efforts and programs currently in operation in the Tampa area community. In addition, I will propose ways to improve the Tampa area community’s juvenile delinquency prevention efforts. Next, this paper will attempt to apply the main sociological theories that underlie these interventions that shape the community’s public policy for delinquency prevention. Finally, this paper will identify an appropriate strategy geared toward preventing delinquency that in consistent with the Behavioral theory.